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OBEDIENCE TO THE MESSENGER IS OBEDIENCE TO GOD

God's Messenger, peace be upon him, also said that the
glad tidings are to those who witness to this fact:

You witness that there is no deity but God and that I am His
Messenger, don't you? If so, the glad tidings are yours. The Qur'an
is such a rope that one of its end reaches to God and the other end
reaches to you. Hold fast to it. If you do so, you will never fall into
error or danger. 8
Disobedience to a messenger is direct disobedience to
God and His religion. This is one of the important secrets that

God reveals in the Qur'an. In a verse, God relates the state of
those who obey the messenger and those who don't:
These are God's limits. As for those who obey God
and His Messenger, We will admit them into
Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining
in them timelessly, forever. That is the Great
Victory. As for those who disobey God and His
Messenger and overstep His limits, We will admit
them into a Fire, remaining in it timelessly, forever.
They will have a humiliating punishment. (Surat an-
Nisa': 13-14)

God has revealed many details in the Qur'an about
obedience to the messenger and made clear how the true
obedience and submission should be as well as the kind of
obedience acceptable in His sight. As also seen in these
verses, the fulfilment of all requirements of the religion and
rendering too much services for its cause is not adequate. If a
person fails to adopt the attitude and morality pertaining to
the obedience to the messenger in the sense God describes in
the Qur'an and displays imperfections in his obedience, it